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#2 Don't Discriminate

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/03/18/majorities-of-americans-see-at-least-some-discrimination-against-black-hispanic-and-asian-people-in-the-u-s/ 


https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/discrimination-in-america/ 


https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/08/08/racial-discrimination-united-states/human-rights-watch/aclu-joint-submission 


#3 Right to Life

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-2-right-life

https://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/your-rights/human-rights-law/right-to-life

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/death-penalty/


#4 No Slavery

https://www.walkfree.org/resources/ 

https://www.state.gov/what-is-modern-slavery/ 

https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/50-million-people-worldwide-modern-slavery-0  

#5 No Torture

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/syria-mass-death-torture-and-other-violations-against-people-detained-in-aftermath-of-islamic-state-defeat-new-report/ 


https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/investigating-torture-fbi-hsi-investigation-leads-to-us-citizens-conviction-for-human-rights-violations-in-iraq 


#9 No unfair detainment or arbitrary arrest

 

#10 Right to Fair Trial

https://www.fairtrials.org/the-right-to-a-fair-trial/


#11 Innocent Until Proven Guilty

https://www.fairtrials.org/articles/news/ecthr-russia-violated-presumption-of-innocence/


#12 Right to Privacy

https://gilc.org/privacy/survey/intro.html


https://consumerfed.org/privacy-is-a-human-right-it-cant-be-bought-or-sold/


#14 Seeking Asylum

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/seeking-protection-how-us-asylum-process-works 

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/refugees-asylum-seekers-and-migrants/

#15Right to Nationality

https://www.ohchr.org/en/nationality-and-statelessness 

https://www.equalnationalityrights.org/the-problem/ 


#16 Right marry and have a family

https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/14/q-child-marriage-and-violations-girls-rights

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-12-right-marry 


#17  The Right to Own Your Own Things (Property)

https://www.cato.org/policy-report/may/june-2011/right-property-global-human-rights-law 

https://sur.conectas.org/en/land-rights-human-rights/ 

https://www.humanrights.is/en/human-rights-education-project/human-rights-concepts-ideas-and-fora/substantive-human-rights/the-right-to-property 


#18 Freedom of Religion

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/new-us-report-alleges-religious-freedom-violations-china/story?id=99335617 

https://www.osce.org/odihr/574816 

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-9-freedom-thought-belief-and-religion

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/south-asia/afghanistan/report-afghanistan/  


#18 Freedom of Thought

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/what-does 


#19 Freedom of Expression

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/02/rising-trend-violating-freedom-expression-and-political-rights-un-human


https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/freedom-of-expression/


#21 Right to Democracy

https://fathomjournal.org/the-right-to-democracy/ 

https://www.coe.int/en/web/compass/citizenship-and-participation 


#22 Social Security (housing)

https://blog.ssa.gov/homelessness-and-social-security/


https://housingmatters.urban.org/articles/naming-housing-human-right-first-step-solving-housing-crisis

Social Security (food)

https://www.ohchr.org/en/food 

https://www.fao.org/right-to-food/en 


#23 Workers' Rights

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/our-work/workers-rights 

https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/labour-rights-are-human-rights-all-workers 

https://www.solidaritycenter.org/what-we-do/workers-human-rights/ 


#24 Right to Play

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2018/12/universal-declaration-human-rights-70-30-articles-30-articles-article-24


https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/right-work-right-leisure-labor-rights-human-rights


#26 Right to education

https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/06/10/education-deficit/failures-protect-and-fulfill-right-education-through-global 

https://www.right-to-education.org/page/understanding-education-right 

https://www.hrw.org/topic/childrens-rights/attacks-education 


#27 Copyright

https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/copyright-infringement.asp 

copyright vs fair use https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/whatiscopyright/fair-use/


https://microsites.csusm.edu/copyright/fair-use-and-public-domain/



# 28Fair and Free World

Human Dignity

https://press.un.org/en/2022/sgsm21616.doc.htm

Dignity

Look at definitions and connect to UN’s Human Rights

https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/definitions-what-is-human-dignity/ 


#29 Responsibility to protect human rights

https://www.un.org/en/our-work/protect-human-rights 

https://ishr.ch/about-human-rights/who-protects-human-rights/